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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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Open GeosciencesAs the value ranges presented in the literature with tables and graphs that feature soil index properties related to the soil swelling potential are intertwined, their interpretation may pose certain challenges.
Kalkan Murat
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Upper Bound Finite Element Limit Analysis for Problems of Reinforced Earth, Unsupported Tunnels and a Group of Anchors [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis presents the implementation of the upper bound limit analysis in combination with finite elements and linear optimization for solving different stability problems in geomechanics under plane strain conditions.
Sahoo, Jagdish Prasad
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many firms set ambitious sustainability goals but these are frequently “displaced” by proxy goals that are easier to track and measure. However, the specific types of goal conflicts that follow from this displacement are poorly understood. We conducted a case study of circular innovation initiatives at a global MedTech company and identified ...
Wiebke Reim +2 more
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A combination of SEM and EDX studies on a clay-based natural composite with animal fibre and its mechanical implications [PDF]
, 2012 A variety of natural fibres are nowadays being utilized as soil reinforcement. Test results demonstrate the positive effects of adding natural fibres to soils, in that they decrease shrinkage, reduce curing time and enhance compressive, flexural and ...
Bradley, Fiona +2 more
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Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco +3 more
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Scientific ReportsThe fortification system of the tunnel structure spanning the active fault, such as the failure mechanism and fault-resistant design (measures), has not been thoroughly established.
Jianyi Zhang +4 more
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Criteria of Erosion for Cohesive Soils
, 2007 This paper focus on three types of erosion: the suffusion, the backward erosion, and the piping erosion processes. A new triaxial device to quantifying suffusion and backward erosion, and a new model for interpreting the Hole Erosion Test, are presented.
Bonelli, Stéphane +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
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